Animal-leading device



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Fan 29, A. H. NELLER ANIMAL LEADING DEVICE Filed July 14 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2- INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 29, 1924.

1,482,366 ATE-NT :o-w ce ALBEBTH. nELLE'R; 20E riflnmntnabWn,ASSIGNOR'TO THEI LonnEmMAcfErINERY' :coMPAnY, F FAIBEIELD, I IOWA, A'CORPORATION it or IOWA.

AnIMAL L ADING DEVICE.

Application fi'lewiuly 1 1, 1522. seen no. 575,071.

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B it known that I, A BERT H. Nessie,

a; citizen of the United- States, esidi g "at Fei'ifield, in the-eountyof 'Jefi'etsonend State of "Iowa, have invented axznews'and useful Impreementin "Animal-Leading Devices, of which the following is: a'specifi'cation. 7

My invention relates to certain improvements in devicesiar leadingbulls'oriothen animals; aring being insertedfin' the anilnals nose "and anelongated 'stefl' 'be1n'g'1'1sed,' sa1d stttfi 'llavlllg means to: catchandhold the ring and thus lead. the 'eiiimal meme-ens to release thering and thus release the animal: andit consists ptimanily ofanimproveinent Tin the construction and ;arrange merit-of the meanstocatch andhold the ring. and also of themeans for releasing the ring,whereby the" ring-may be fimteeasil'y'and q'ni'c'kly-s engaged, myalso,' be more eelsily and quickly released and at the "same time willmore securely hold the'iing'nntil it is intentionally releas d. I Also,of ether im-" pi-ovenient's in the details: of construction which Will.vbe described herein," and Which will be more definitely stfofth in theclaims.

7 In the accoinpanyingdrewings a artef this pecificationyliig; 1'1s.;.a=s1de elevation of a'n ar'iimztl leidifigdevice emboeyin minvention-showing the means for holding "then'ing in open .position atone end of ztstafi' and a hendle'f at; the

othenend (sf-theses, an outer pal-tot the being-partially bnok'en away.I Figs 3" and:

4- are enlarged detailviews of an operating part, the formerbei-nge sideView and :the

latter, anedge View of thep'art, Fig; 5is. an edge View oft/the holdingend ofthe istalt "Fig.- 6 is'qa side.

when -16sed-pesition View of the feleasi ngmeans'"at the handle end 'ofthe Ste-ff, the portiono'f .thestaifl? containing the? samebein xshdwni'ni longittidinal section.

"Fig". 7 is; aJ ngitudinaLsection on" line 7+7 of Figl fi the brokeneway or'non of Big." 6 being replaced make it; compl te Fig. 8: isTedetail view. f Figi 19 isaI -tiens'- verse section'on line 99 of Fig; 3.Figs;

vers'e sect-ion on line 13- 13 of'Fig. 7, look ing in the direction ofthe. efrow, thecnt away poi"tion ofFig; 7 being replaced to make the"structure complete, 'ztnfd'one ofthe parts being in e difl'i'entposition, as will be jhereefter explained. Fig. ,14: is a ti'ansvet'sesectionon line 14 14 of Fig. 71. I

Referring to thedrawings, A is What may be celled; the stefi Which-ispreferably a piece ottubin'g of suitable length for the purposeintended. Oh one end-of the stefi' is i-handle B and on the other endaLIe two mating castings C, the casting-on the near side of'Fig.1"beingentirely removed and the one on the near side of Fig'. 2vbeing artly cutaway- Between the onter ends-of; the cesti iigs C and 'on opposite edgesthereof 21' peirof co-acting grappling hooks D are pivoted,jthe outerends of which hooks are adapted. to} be spread apart, as shown in Fig.1, and moving on their pivots, theif ontenends ere adapted to cometogether, a ndto' becenle locked in closed position, as shown in Fig. 2.When looked in closed position, the hooks will securely hold axing, inan animels nose. "When in open position n'bull ring may be easily andquickly c'aught bythe open ho'0ks,-Which can he as easily and quicklyclosed and locked in closed position to hold 'it, and then may beaseasily. and quickly opened to release the nng. t

, To openand close the grappling hooks D, their inner'ends E areextended downwithin th'eir pivots F in a direction approximate- 1yparallel with the castings C and mop; erating IIlGIIlbBI lG is stationedwithinthe end o'f thestefl A between the inner ends ofthe hooks. Bymoving this operfiiting member inwardly and outwardly the hooks Willbeopened a11d closed. This is pref erably accomplished by formingoutwardly and downwardly inclined poii its H on the extreme ends of theinner' portion E of the hooks'which will beengaged on the innerlaterally disposed lugs J which, when the member is drawn inwardly, oraway from the end having the hooks D, will engage the outer and uppersides of the points H, and will draw them together, thereby moving thehooks on their pivots F and opening their outer ends as shown in Fig. 1.

To operate the member Gr, means, preferably a wire K, is connected toits inner. end and is extended through the tubing forming the staffwhere it is provided with or connected to an eye or loop L. Theoperatorby inserting one or more fingers in this eye or loop, and pulling on it,will draw the member G inwardly and the inner ends of the hooks will bedrawn together and their outer ends will spread apart, or in otherwords,- will be opened, as shown in Fig. 1. As

, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a coiled extension spring M is placed on themember G, with. one end resting against shoulders N on the member, andthe other end resting against the rivet or bolt 0 which joins the innerends of the castings C to the staff A.

In pulling out the eye or loop L to open the hooks, the spring M will becompressed, as shown in Fig. 1, and when the eye or loop is released thetension of the spring will.

press the member G in the opposite direction and will force the cam I inbetween the in ner ends E of the hooks, and will close their outer ends,as shown in Fig. 2. Below the faces of the cam I the sides P of the member G are approximately parallel with each other, and these sides beingforced by the tension of the spring between the inner sides of theextended ends E will securely hold them apart and the outer ends of thehooks D- will thereby be locked in closed position. The ends "of thehooks are arranged to lap on each other and are provided with overlapping flanges Q, as shown most plainly by transverse section in Fig.10. By this means the ends of the hooks D will be securely heldtogether, and cannot be laterally spread apart.

The member G is provided with a slot S through which the rivet or bolt 0is passed, thereby limiting the movement of the member G to thenecessary extent, and thus preventing the lugs J from being drawn out ofengagement with the outstanding points H of the hooks D. The innerportions of the castings C are rounded to fit the contour of the staffA. Their outer portions are made flat to permit the movement of thelower ends E of the hooks in the space between them. They are preferablyfitted with inturned flanges R to partially close this space, an openingbeing left on each side to permit the outward movement of the points H.I

The castings are also provided with a longitudinally disposed centralslot T through which flanges U on opposite sides of the head of themember G are projected, as shown in Fig. 5. The flanges are preferablytapered as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, with their edges slightly rounded,whereby the operator by taking hold ofthem between his thumb and afinger may draw the member G inward and thus open the hooks withoutpulling on the loop or eye L, it sometimes being advantageous to openthe hooks from this end of the staff. These flanges, being tapered .andprojecting but slightly outward, are not liable to be prematurelyoperated by coming in contact with some adjacent object, and at the sametime may be easily operated by catching them between the thumb andfinger of the operator, which is more easily done than if the memberprojected out on one side only.

It is important that the loop or eye L be made large enough for theoperator to insert two or three fingers therein, and sometimes with aglove or mitten on his hand. When a wire alone is used to operate themember G it is not practical to have the loop enlarged, because it mustbe small enough to pass through the tubing of which thestaff is formed,and through a slot in the handle B at the end of the tubing which cannotbe wider than the inside diameter of the tubing. To overcome thisdifficulty I use what may be called a trip or releasing member'V whichis provided with an enlarged loop or eye L, and this trip or releasingmember is connected to the wir K, preferably in the following manner.

The trip V is preferably. made of malleable iron and is provided with ahook W on its inner end, having alaterally extended point X standing atsubstantially right angles to the body of the hook and approximately inits center. A hook .is formed on the adjacent end of the wire, as shownin Fig. 7. The space in the end of the wire hook is essentially narrowercontracted, but the point of the wire forming the hook, and also theportion of the wire opposite, is spread out to some. extent, so thatwhen inserted in the tubing these parts will come in close proximity tothe wall of the tubing, and will hold the end ofpthe hook approximatelyin the center of the tubing, as shown in Fig. 7

The end of the trip V havingthe hook W and laterally extended point X isinserted in a slot in the handle, as shown by Yin Figs. 7 and 14 and isthen passed into the end of the tubing, the adjoining part of the handlebeing placed on the outside ofv the tubing, and the rivet or bolt Z toconnect the handle to the tubing not yet being inserted. The trip V isinserted in the'tubing in such a position that when the hook 7 comes incontact with the hook on the wire K, the laterally disposed point willbe on one side of the hook as most plainly lessee trip, hookW will enterthespace in the hook of 'thewire,; and the. lateral point. will occupyapositionpat one side, of" the wire, asfshown Figsvfiand 7, whichwillprevent the, hook otthe Wire from getting; off the hook of the-trip.

iWhen in. its; position the rivet or bolttZ' will be insertedand.thehandleB will be attached tqithestaflf and the trip -V will be" heldin the proper-positiontoprevent lit,

from being. disconnected from thewire 'K.

As;shown 'in 1:ig. 6,-there is a slot, inlithe body ofithe; trip-Vthrough whichthe bolt to limit the movement of the trip to cor- G, By.pulling onthe loop or eye-.L of the trip'V the hooks: Dwmay be, easilyand quickly opened to catch-a ring in the nose of, an animal ,orr-to.release the ring; there -from-. By releasinghthe, loop: oreyee thespring M will, quickly ,and surely" closej the hooks Don the ring,andwwilllock theln in closed. position thereon:-

The, 310 1* isgthe portion of attendee covering the. end; of; thetubing, to which it is applied, [as shown lIlr Flg il l it will preventthe; trip V from turning, and, becoming. disconnected from the -wire,

It is preferable} that the slot jY should have a laterally zdisposedportion as 1 shown, to,

moreifreel admit, the -laterally 'fdi'sposed point X.therwisevthe-slotwould havetobe wider, to admit this point in!assembling the part and if so madeitwould not hold the. trip, soacouratelyin position,

' What? I .clainnds:

castings secured gto one end of;: the; stafify'on opposite sidesthereof, apair of co -acting grapplingvhooksg pivoted n opposite edgesof and within said castings; a handle secured to the opposite end of thetubular staff, a longitudinally movable member within said tubular staffhaving one end extended to the handle on the staff, and the other endconnected to the grappling hooks and adapted to be rapidly moved inopposite directions to alternately open and close said hooks and meansto normally hold said member in the position it assumes when the hooksare in closed position, substantially as set forth.

2. In an animal leading device, an elongated tubular staff, a pair ofmating castings secured to one end of the staff on opposite sidesthereof, a pair of co-acting grappling hooks pivoted on opposite edgesof and within said castings, said hooks having inwardly extended endsinside of their pivots,'a handle secured to the oppositeend of thetubular staff, a longitudinallymovable member within" said: tubularstaff having one end extended to the handle on the staff, andwthe' otherend connected tothe inwardly Jextended ends of the ,grappling hooks and'adaptedto be rapidly -moved opposite directions, to alternately open"and close said hooks, and means to normally hold said member in theposition it assumes whenthe hooks are in closed position,substantially'as shown anddescribed.

3. In a device of the characterdescribed, a stafhra pair ofgrapplinghooks pivoted on one end of the staffso-their outer en ds maybeopened and: then be closed. together,

v and meanswtoopen and close" said hooks, or rivet Z; 1sypassed,whichmay be. used the outer ends: of the hooks being: adapted v I when;closed to lap'on'each other, vand a respond with the movement. of,thetmember flange on each hook adapted to catch over the point of theother hook, whereby lateral displacement of the hooks will be prevented.

4., Ina device ofthe-tcharacter described, amsingle unsurrounded staff apair ofi'grappling hooks pivoted on one; end of the staff so their outerendemay be opened,,:and then: be closed together, extensions on saidhooks inside;- of their pivots projecting inwardly on. linesapproximately parallel with the staff, a movable memberphaving oneendinserted between the extensionsand adapted toicont-act with-their innersides, also means on said memberwadapted' to come in contact with theeouter sides oiiv "the-ex tensions, and. means tomove theimem-ber inopposite directions, whereby, when the member is moved-inwardly, theextensions will be drawntogether theouterends of thehooks. will bespread apart, and when e a themember is, movedloutwardly, the-sexlLILIlan; ,animalmleading, ,device, any elongated tubular staff ,1, a; pair, fmati tensions will be spread apart, anditheouter ends of the hooks willbe. drawn together.-

5f1n a devic of the c-haracter'described itg staff, a pai'rvofgrappling'fhooks?pivotedoni one end ofthe staff ;-so= their outer; endsmay be opened and then be closed together, extensions on said hooksinside of their pivots, a movable member having a double faced cam onone end, inserted between the extensions, laterally disposed lugs onsaid member adapted to contact with the outer sides of the extensions,and means to move the member in opposite directions, whereby, when themember is moved inwardly the extensions will be drawn toward each otherby the laterally disposed lugs, and the outer ends of the hooks will beopened, and when the member is moved outwardly, the extensions will bespread apart by the cam, and the outer ends of the hooks will be closed.6. In a device of the character described, a stafl", a handle on one endof the staff,

erall a pair of mating castings on the other end of the staff, saidcastings having inwardly meeting flan es ,on their opposite edges, :1pair of hooks pivoted between the outer corners of the castings beyondthe flanges,

so their outer ends may be spread apart and drawn together, and means toopen and close the hooks substantially as set forth.

7. In a device of the character described, a staff, a handle on one endof the staff, a pair of mating castings on the other. end of the staff,each casting having a longitudinally disposed centrally located slot inits body, a pair of hooks pivoted between the outer corners of thecastings so their outer ends may be spread apart -and drawn together, anoperatin member located in the staff and connecte to the hooks so as tooperate them in opposite directions and lat disposed flanges on theoperating mem er projected out through the'slots in the castings on theopposite sides, whereby the operatin member may be moved in- Wardly byta ing hold of said laterally projected flanges.

8. In a device of the character described, a tubular staff; a handle 011one end of the stafi'; means on the other end of the staff foralternately holding and releasing a ring in an animals nose; anoperating member located in the staff and adapted to operate saidholding and releasing means; a Wire connected to said member and leadingto the opposite end of the staff; an elongated hook on the free end ofthe Wire; and a triphaving an enlarged loop on one end, and a hook onthe other end, the end of the trip having the hook being inserted in'theend of the staff having the handle, and the hook on the trip then beingconnected to the hook on the Wire, substantially as described.

9.In a device of the character described, a tubular staff; a handle onone end of the staff; means on the other end of the staff for alternatelholding and releasing a ring in an anima s nose; an operating memberlocated in the staff and adapted to operate said holding and releasingmeans; a Wire connected to said member and leading to the opposite endof the staff, an elongated hook on the free end oft-he Wire; and striphav ing anenlarged loop on one end, and a hook on "the otherend,pr0vided with a laterally extended point, the end of the trip havingthe hook being inserted in the end of the staff having the handle, sothe laterally extended pointlwill be placed along sidethe elongated hookon the Wire, and by rotating the trip half Way around in the staffysaidlaterally extended point will pass into and through the opening in theelongated hook on the Wire, and the hook on the trip will be securelyconnected to the hook on the Wire, substantially as described.

10. In a device of the character. described, a tubular staff; a handleon one end of the staff, a slot in the portion of the handle coveringthe end of the staff, said slot having a lateral extension; means on theother end of the staff for alternately holding and releasing a ring inan animals nosejanoperating member located in the staff and adapted tooperate said holding-and releasing means; a wire connected to saidmember and leading to the opposite end of the staff;

an elongated hook on thefree end of the Wire; a trip having an enlargedloop on one end and a hook on the other end provided With a laterallyextended point, theend of the trip having' the hook being inserted inthe slotin the handle in the appropriate end of the tubular-staff, theconnecting portion of the handle being placed upon the: appropriate endof the tubular'staff, so that the laterally extended point Will beplaced along side the elongated 'hook'on theWire, and by rotating thetrip in the staff half Way around in the staff the laterally extende lpoint will pass into and through the open ing in the elongated hookonthe Wire, and

the hook on the trip will be securely connected to the hook on thewire'substantially as and for the purpos set forth.

Fairfield, Iowa, July 12, 1922.

ALBERT H. NELLER.

